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some people are waiting three hours or more to vote and we will be asking why governor rick scott in florida is refusing to extend hours as his predecessors have done. but we start with tonight's lead. the closer. just four days to go and president obama is sprinting to the finish line with a passionate pitch to ohio voters and he's doing so by dismantling governor romney's rationale in this race one line of the obama argument, i am the guy you know. >> after four years as president, you know me. you may not agree with every decision i've made, you may be frustrated sometimes at the pace of change, but you know that i say what i mean and i mean what i say. you know what i believe. you know where i stand. you know i tell the truth. and you know i fight for working families every single day as hard as i know how. >> we know what this president believes. but governor romney -- >> with these guys, it all depends on who you're talking to, where you are, what time of day it is, what state you're in, what the polls say. how the weather is. it always, always depends, everything depends. i ne
some people are waiting three hours or more to vote and we will be asking why governor rick scott in florida is refusing to extend hours as his predecessors have done. but we start with tonight's lead. the closer. just four days to go and president obama is sprinting to the finish line with a passionate pitch to ohio voters and he's doing so by dismantling governor romney's rationale in this race one line of the obama argument, i am the guy you know. >> after four years as president, you...
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an updated -- the florida democratic party has gone to federal court to sue governor rick scott for refusing to issue an executive order extending early voting hours beyond saturday. the cutoff is sunday, obviously with the law that cut early vote egg from 14 to 8 days. the lines are wrapped around the block and they're demanding more time for voters to vote and particularly long lines in the democratic part of the state, in the south. in ohio, democrats have gone to court because the secretary of state, john houston, changed the provisional ballot that mostly poor people have to vote on. they changed it on a way that the voter has to input the i.d. information. which is in contra vengs to ohio state law who says it's a poll worker's job to put that in. almost all poor people have to vote with their social security number in ohio. they'll be voting on provisional ballots. big disen tran chiesment. >> approximate you're a voter in ohio, you may know what the nation's cover story revealed last week. romney's pailout bonanza that mitt romney and his wife made at least $15 million on the very au
an updated -- the florida democratic party has gone to federal court to sue governor rick scott for refusing to issue an executive order extending early voting hours beyond saturday. the cutoff is sunday, obviously with the law that cut early vote egg from 14 to 8 days. the lines are wrapped around the block and they're demanding more time for voters to vote and particularly long lines in the democratic part of the state, in the south. in ohio, democrats have gone to court because the secretary...
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last year florida's new republican governor, governor rick scott, decided he was not going to make that mistake again. rather than expand opportunities for voting the way florida's two previous republican governors had done, the new one, republican governor rick scott, decided he would cut the days for early voting almost in half in order to make voting harder. look. at least that's how it works. tah-dah! long, long, long lines for early voting in polling places across florida. except this year it's long lines with no relief in sight. we have been getting pictures like this from voters who live in florida emp since early voting started in the state. this is how democracy works in florida this year. look at this. get in line. wait and wait. wait an hour. wait four hours. wait five hours. more. yesterday florida democrats and the nonpartisan group the league of women voters asked the republican governor rick scott to do something about the long lines. they asked him to add a day of voting, to open the polls on the last sunday before the election when many african-americans usually plan to
last year florida's new republican governor, governor rick scott, decided he was not going to make that mistake again. rather than expand opportunities for voting the way florida's two previous republican governors had done, the new one, republican governor rick scott, decided he would cut the days for early voting almost in half in order to make voting harder. look. at least that's how it works. tah-dah! long, long, long lines for early voting in polling places across florida. except this year...
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we saw rick scott take action here more aggressively than other republican legislatures did. he ordered that early voting be cut. has there been any argument from what he's done? >> no. you talked about charlie crist earlier and the fact he signed that executive order extending voting hours. that was the beginning of the end of charlie crist's tenure in the party. because republicans in the state blamed crist for barack obama winning the state. so when i spoke with the former head of the republican florida in florida who is in his own world of trouble over charges about some illegal money things he was doing, but when he was running the party, he told me that republican consultants came to him and said we want to craft a bill to get rid of early voting or severely cut it because in the worlds of the consultants, all it does is bring every african-american out from under a rock and get them to vote for democrats. it doesn't help us. so the republican legislature which in 2010 became more tea party and conservative, there's no margin in it for them to increase access to in-pers
we saw rick scott take action here more aggressively than other republican legislatures did. he ordered that early voting be cut. has there been any argument from what he's done? >> no. you talked about charlie crist earlier and the fact he signed that executive order extending voting hours. that was the beginning of the end of charlie crist's tenure in the party. because republicans in the state blamed crist for barack obama winning the state. so when i spoke with the former head of the...
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and reporting wait times bill nelson is asking rick scott to issue an emergency order to extend voting hours through sunday. steve live in a polling station in tampa. and any chances they extend early voting? >> florida's governor will not extend early voting in sunday last people in line 7 o'clock tonight get to vote and there is a few left here in the tampa polling place. lines here one-two hours in the day and some places in miami-dade county, lines at some points in the day between four and five. they have a complicated and long ballot and len constitutional amendments on the ballot and people here being patient and consider their votes here in the key state were important. >> it is important to vote. no matter how old or young you are. i want my voice heard, i guess. >> and hillsborough county went with the winner of every presidential election since 1960 except one. four million people have voted early voting or absentee ballot. >> you have a quick question. you said that voting stops at seveno'clock p.m. but if you are in line you can stay and vote. >> that's right. they have vo
and reporting wait times bill nelson is asking rick scott to issue an emergency order to extend voting hours through sunday. steve live in a polling station in tampa. and any chances they extend early voting? >> florida's governor will not extend early voting in sunday last people in line 7 o'clock tonight get to vote and there is a few left here in the tampa polling place. lines here one-two hours in the day and some places in miami-dade county, lines at some points in the day between...
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because governor rick scott and his republican administration scaled back early voting precisely so this would happen. in 2000, it was hanging chads. in 2012, six-hour waits. but voters will not stop fighting for their rights. joining me now is victor. it curry, pastor of new baptist church in miami who spear headed operation lemonade. and erin mcpike from real clear politics, live in cincinnati, ohio tonight. thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> bishop curry, let me start with you. what do you make of latest voting problems in your state? >> well, i'm not surprised. even though the race is nonpartisan, the mayor is a tea party republican. so i'm not surprised by what's going on here in miami-dade county. but what i am happy about, reverend sharpton, is that people of miami die-dadmiami-da palm beach county, it doesn't matter how long they will stay in line. they will stay in line and cast their vote and protest for the right to cast their votes. >> i was with you last week as early voting start peestarted. we went through broward and miami-dade county. i worked
because governor rick scott and his republican administration scaled back early voting precisely so this would happen. in 2000, it was hanging chads. in 2012, six-hour waits. but voters will not stop fighting for their rights. joining me now is victor. it curry, pastor of new baptist church in miami who spear headed operation lemonade. and erin mcpike from real clear politics, live in cincinnati, ohio tonight. thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>...
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scott. he has basically dismissed all requests to continue early voting to extend early voting hours to include today the last sunday before election day which four years ago led to a lot of voters going from church to the polls and voting for president obama. democrats have been saying for about it is simply an effort to curb democratic turnout. now with the long lines and super long waits experienced by early voters in miami dade county broward county and palm beach county the democratic party says insufficient polling stations led to 5 and 6 hour long waits. led many voters to turn around and go home not have the opportunity to vote early. it is unclear how fast a court can act. as of right now florida law is early voting is over. back to you. >> phil keating live in tampa with that headline. you talk about long lines. i am getting so many people going through social media and twitter going where do i vote? i don't have electricity. how do i find out where to go with my ballot? what is a
scott. he has basically dismissed all requests to continue early voting to extend early voting hours to include today the last sunday before election day which four years ago led to a lot of voters going from church to the polls and voting for president obama. democrats have been saying for about it is simply an effort to curb democratic turnout. now with the long lines and super long waits experienced by early voters in miami dade county broward county and palm beach county the democratic...